1958

Born in Kiso-Hirasawa, Nagano Prefecture

1982

Graduated from Kanazawa College of Art

Study under Shogyo Oba, a living national treasure

1983〜

Creation of 'Urushi-makie-sage-dokei' of SEIKO

1987〜

Reconsideration of 'Kiso-Shunkei-Nuri'

1989

Engage in a work of diamond jewelry for De Beers Diamond International Competition

1991

Supervision of lacquered panel, 'Taiki' at former Narakawa-mura Clinic

1994

Planning, proposal and study of la acquered medal for the 18th Nagano Winter Olympic Games

1996

Creation and production of 'Kaguya-Hime' for the Bamboo Festival at Kiso-Hirasawa

1997

Nominated as a leader for medal creation for the Nagano Winter Olympic Games

1998

Lacquered medals were presented to winners at the Nagano Olympic Games

Creation of the stationery box 'Snow Flower', an offering to Emperor Akihito to commemorate the Nagano Olympic Games at the request of Nagano Prefecture

2000

Creation of 'Hanaoke' to commemorate the visit to Japan by French President Jacques Chirac

2004

Creation of a lacquered watch for Baselworld

2007

Creation of a trophy for the Daihatsu Design Competition

2008

Creation of the 'Healing Treasured Box', a music box with fifty pins.

2009〜

Study creation of the acquered watch 'Sun and Moon'

2010

Release of the lacquered watch 'Sun and Moon' by NICHIGETSU

2015

Creation of a lacquered helmet as a supplementary prize for the 2015 Super Car Race.

2018

Solo exhibition in commemoration of 60th birthday at Hanegi Gallery, Tokyo

Living in the deep mountains of Kiso Valley and working with lacquer, many things come to my mind. Sometimes it is about life, sometimes it is about events happening in the world. Human beings are a mystery, and we don't even know ourselves well, much less our abilities and qualities. In any case, it's not a big deal! It seems that all I can do is to keep struggling every day to find out who I really am.